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he is, by the way, the only person elected three times to govern california. in 1942 he beat an incumbent democrat, olson, despite fdr's popularity nationally and within the state, despite the fact that the state and country were at war. in 1950, his last election, he did one better than beating an ally of fdr, he beat fdr's son, jimmy roosevelt, by more than a million votes. and in 1946's election he achieved the remarkable and by today's standards sort of unimaginable feat of winning not only the republican party nomination for governor, but the democratic nomination as well. [laughter] yeah. give that a moment's thought. [laughter] um, he is the only person ever nominated by both parties to govern california. it was in 1953 that, as i'm sure many of you know, it was dwight eisenhower who tapped warren to become chief justice of the united states. in another hard-to-imagine turn of events, warren accepted that as a recess appointment and served from october of 1953 until march of 1954 without senate confirmation. he left california on a saturday and was swor
he is, by the way, the only person elected three times to govern california. in 1942 he beat an incumbent democrat, olson, despite fdr's popularity nationally and within the state, despite the fact that the state and country were at war. in 1950, his last election, he did one better than beating an ally of fdr, he beat fdr's son, jimmy roosevelt, by more than a million votes. and in 1946's election he achieved the remarkable and by today's standards sort of unimaginable feat of winning not only...
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we are moving into another election about change. the central question is whether government is capable of contributing to positive change. the stimulus is exhibit a for the republican argument which is weird because it really ought to be exhibit a for the argument that it can. i realize i sound like an obama cheerleader. it is an extremely uncomfortable role for me and there's a theme for the end of the book where i am talking to joe biden who oversaw the stimulus. he let me sit in on a cabinet meeting devoted to the stimulus and basically giving me a hard time. i read all your articles. you are the only guy who wrote anything remotely positive. i am usually more of a downer than little mary sunshine. my friends will back me up on that. it is unusual for me. he started laughing at me. took him to bed and slept on them -- i didn't get into journalism to tell stories that joe biden would want to cuddle with. i followed the facts and my stories look blowing compared to the ridiculous thoughts ofs without the gotcha that passed for stim
we are moving into another election about change. the central question is whether government is capable of contributing to positive change. the stimulus is exhibit a for the republican argument which is weird because it really ought to be exhibit a for the argument that it can. i realize i sound like an obama cheerleader. it is an extremely uncomfortable role for me and there's a theme for the end of the book where i am talking to joe biden who oversaw the stimulus. he let me sit in on a...
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so far the re-election campaign has raised about $947 million. another important number for the president is yesterday's unemployment figures, which he mentioned in today's weekly presidential address. >> after losing about 800,000 jobs a month, we have added 5.2 million over the past two and a half years and we learned that the unemployment rate is at the lowest level. >> the president went on to call on the republican- dominated congress to in his words "stop standing in the way of measures to cut middle-class taxes and stimulate the economy." >>> meantime republican presidential candidate mitt romney campaigned today in florida. romney says the president's policies would "kill the american dream," and the way to ensure a brighter future is cut government spending. behind the scenes campaign workers worked towards the goal of contacting 2 million voters by phone in florida as well as other swing states. >> a republican congressman from georgia is making national headlines today. after comments he made about his religious beliefs were posted on
so far the re-election campaign has raised about $947 million. another important number for the president is yesterday's unemployment figures, which he mentioned in today's weekly presidential address. >> after losing about 800,000 jobs a month, we have added 5.2 million over the past two and a half years and we learned that the unemployment rate is at the lowest level. >> the president went on to call on the republican- dominated congress to in his words "stop standing in the...
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or series of elections. that is not generally the way the united states operates. courtesy of the constitution drafted in 1787 and what i want to insist relatively unamended thereafter with regard to the basic structures that we live under. the republican presidents since president johnson -- that is, nixon, ford, reagan, george h.w. bush -- not for a single day had even a single house of the congress from their own political party. i'm sorry, ronald reagan did have the senate for a couple or maybe even four years, but he never had a full congress. that was republican. bill clinton did have a full congress that was republican, but, of course, bill clinton was a democrat. and so you had fragmented government. george w. bush had a republican congress for a total of a bit more than four of his eight years, though bush scarcely has the list of legislative accomplishments that could rival lynn congress done johnsons -- lyndon johnson's or, to be fair, richard nixon's. perhaps the 2012 election will generate a uni
or series of elections. that is not generally the way the united states operates. courtesy of the constitution drafted in 1787 and what i want to insist relatively unamended thereafter with regard to the basic structures that we live under. the republican presidents since president johnson -- that is, nixon, ford, reagan, george h.w. bush -- not for a single day had even a single house of the congress from their own political party. i'm sorry, ronald reagan did have the senate for a couple or...
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this is a fun time, so the other up until election day. >> host: we look forward to learning more about it when the campaign is over. thank you. >> guest: thank you. >> that was "after words," booktv signature program in which authors are interviewed by journalists, public policy makers, legislators and others familiar with the material. "after words" airs every weekend on booktv at 10:00 p.m. on saturday, 12:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. on sunday at 12:00 a.m. on monday. you can also watch "after words" online. go to booktv.org and click done "after words" and the topics list on the upper right side of the page. >> the next three hours is your turn to tap with author and lecturer's even johnson, the best-selling science writer will talk about the cyberworld, popular culture and computer networking as a political tool. mr. johnson is the author of eight nonfiction books including every name, were good ideas come from an the 2012 release, future perfect. >> host: steven johnson come in your newest book, in a network age, use those term pre-progressive. what is that? >> guest: it is my attempt t
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days before the election. might that revise these numbers upward? >> well, the unemployment number is never revised. we're not getting more data on the unemployment. what number may change is the number of jobs. and that is certainly can go in either direction. we recently told to do a benchmark revision every year. that is to march, earlier in the year. that will revise the numbers, number of jobs that are in the survey upward by about 350,000 as of march 2012. now, the numbers we're getting this month. this won't be by the election. those will be revised when we get benchmark revision for march 2013. i don't mean to make this confusing. i'm just saying when we look at sort of small changes they could go either way. i wouldn't make too much of that. if we want to look at economy you have to look at longer term picture, i've been saying more or less the same thing. the economy is growing. it is doing okay in that sense except we're in a very deep hole. the rate of growth we've been seeing it will take us a lon
days before the election. might that revise these numbers upward? >> well, the unemployment number is never revised. we're not getting more data on the unemployment. what number may change is the number of jobs. and that is certainly can go in either direction. we recently told to do a benchmark revision every year. that is to march, earlier in the year. that will revise the numbers, number of jobs that are in the survey upward by about 350,000 as of march 2012. now, the numbers we're...
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he said candidates don't lose election. they run out of money and can't get the airplanes off the ground. that's a good description. probably the reason dukakis was a democratic nominee was because all the other guys ran out of money. this is limited of course to presidential politics. shouldn't just limited to presidential politics. was competition effective in congressional races? were the more competitive candidates as a result of actually the massive flow of money both large money in come in fact small contribution, where more candidates able to reach a threshold of competitiveness which is how political scientists think of money and politics. it's not like playing the card game of work we have a higher number, you and it actually a pretty subtle thing to get reached a threshold where you can be heard and at a certain point extra money isn't doing you any good. so the real question, probably last year the average non-income would win in a congressional race raised 1.5 million, people who either want an open seat or defe
he said candidates don't lose election. they run out of money and can't get the airplanes off the ground. that's a good description. probably the reason dukakis was a democratic nominee was because all the other guys ran out of money. this is limited of course to presidential politics. shouldn't just limited to presidential politics. was competition effective in congressional races? were the more competitive candidates as a result of actually the massive flow of money both large money in come...
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the book i talk about it has gotten so safe to fly in a commercial airplane you're more likely to be elected president of the united states than you are to die in a commercial airplane crash. the example i give kind of the set piece in the book is story of the miracle on the hudson. reminding my way to the, so they have right context. when the us air flight landed in the hudson and everyone survived i thought it was very telling how the media chose to cover this event. there are really two different ways they covered it. first was superhero pilot, captain sully who indeed was an amazing pilot and amazing job. there was this kind of language of the miracle on the hudson. almost like supernatural event that happened. when people didn't focus on nearly enough was the plane, the plane had, performed admirably during this, during this event and, it did so on a couple of levels. one when the geese collided with the jet engines they didn't explode, they didn't shatter, they didn't send of shard. is of titanium in the fuselage causing the plain to break down. that is because every single jet engine,
the book i talk about it has gotten so safe to fly in a commercial airplane you're more likely to be elected president of the united states than you are to die in a commercial airplane crash. the example i give kind of the set piece in the book is story of the miracle on the hudson. reminding my way to the, so they have right context. when the us air flight landed in the hudson and everyone survived i thought it was very telling how the media chose to cover this event. there are really two...
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there's no way america would elect a prime african-american you can't get elected with the name barack obama. it's actually didn't matter. i didn't know anybody in chicago. i didn't know anybody around the candidate. so it didn't look like anything was going to be happening. december 26, december 26, 2006 my wife and i were shopping day after christmas we were shopping in a borns and noble just up the road in california. my phone goes off. this is right out of west wing. it's like, my tornado watch. it's somebody calling to find out if i'm interesting in working with the barack obama campaign. and so, of course, i was. i was quickly connected with a guy named steve held brand who became the deputy campaign manager. he was assessing staff. i thought i was apply forking the job for national campaign manager. it's voter exact. i thought i got to put it on the table i'm perfect for the job. i said, steve never indicated back that i was being considered for national campaign directer. but i put it out there. i said, steve, here's the thing, we can take, you know, we can make it so that peop
there's no way america would elect a prime african-american you can't get elected with the name barack obama. it's actually didn't matter. i didn't know anybody in chicago. i didn't know anybody around the candidate. so it didn't look like anything was going to be happening. december 26, december 26, 2006 my wife and i were shopping day after christmas we were shopping in a borns and noble just up the road in california. my phone goes off. this is right out of west wing. it's like, my tornado...
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. >>> well, if you have a notice in the mail says you have no polling place for the upcoming election, don't worry. you're not a voter without a country. it's simply because the area where you live doesn't have enough people to get its own precinct. so why can't you just go to the closest one? well, it's because that particular polling place may not have the specific ballot that applies to you based on the boundary lines where you live. >> they may see a polling place just a few blocks from their house. and they want to know why can't they vote at that polling place? so you might be in oakland and you're in a certain city council district. and so you can vote for another city council district that has to be where you live. >> there are 151 different ballot variations in alameda county alone. voters who fall into the mandatory mail-in category do not need to apply for a ballot. it will be sent to you automatically. >>> health officials are warning hundreds if not thousands of patients could be at risk for a rare meningitis infection. a tainted steroid drug often used it alleviate lower
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and he would be waltzing to, you know, a piece of cake re-election. so i do think -- and there's, actually, a third problem should be mentioned. peter orszag, the former head of the budget bureau, wrote an op-ed in "the new york times" saying, basically, contra my own instincts the problem with the united states is that there's too much democracy. we can't get anything done if we actually try to do it through elections and democratic procedures. what we need are ever more expert commissions that will make decisions for us. now, maybe that's true. but it should be recognized that if that is the solution to our problems, then we should stop prattling to other countries around the world that what they need is more democracy. because, in fact, we would have come to the conclusion that democracy doesn't really work. >> sandy, i really welcome this. i think my understanding is that the time of the federalist papers in our constitution in 1787 and so forth grew out of a lot of study of constitutions across time and across countries and so forth. and so that
and he would be waltzing to, you know, a piece of cake re-election. so i do think -- and there's, actually, a third problem should be mentioned. peter orszag, the former head of the budget bureau, wrote an op-ed in "the new york times" saying, basically, contra my own instincts the problem with the united states is that there's too much democracy. we can't get anything done if we actually try to do it through elections and democratic procedures. what we need are ever more expert...
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i was up there one time when they were having a national election that was practically a revolution. they threw out the party that was in power. they co--completely took off a party that had been there forever, practically disappeared. a whole new set of folks came in, and all the commentators were there on election night saying, 'now let's not get excited.' when they win the world series, instead of cutting up and going wild and people downtown honking and dancing the way they would in america, instead the canadians always go, 'this is quite wonderful, but let's not get excited.' c-span: later in that column you said, 'we're the country that put elvis on a stamp'--you--by the way, did you... >> guest: very proud of... c-span: ...did like elvis presley? >> guest: well, of course. c-span: 'we buy pink lemonade and striped toothpaste.' now i didn't think one of our favorite people would get it into this book, but here he is: '67. 2 percent of us believe that alexis de tocqueville never should have divorced blake carrington.' >> guest: what a great nation. what a great nation. c-span: t
i was up there one time when they were having a national election that was practically a revolution. they threw out the party that was in power. they co--completely took off a party that had been there forever, practically disappeared. a whole new set of folks came in, and all the commentators were there on election night saying, 'now let's not get excited.' when they win the world series, instead of cutting up and going wild and people downtown honking and dancing the way they would in...
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we're focused on the presidential election and goal to beat president obama and elect a new president. we are heavily invested in the senate and house race. thing a way about the -- [inaudible] i don't think priority u.s.a. for example -- restore future exclusively dedicated. we're focused on all of the senate races or where you're going do see a lot more of the advertising early your on in the senate races, the bigger the office, the more people pay attention. the we'll be engaged in a number of house races probably a little bit later as we get closer. >> yeah. that's the other thing. the cross roads place outside role in the senate races and don't think that the two are not entwined. i'm not suggesting anything knee fair use. let's say there was president issue advertising. the republican side, the crossroads and other outspending on the senate roadways and house races. and those all have an impact. it's the environment how do people feel when there's million of dollar of ad spending in state of montana, for example within out senate race, it affects the house race and other races b
we're focused on the presidential election and goal to beat president obama and elect a new president. we are heavily invested in the senate and house race. thing a way about the -- [inaudible] i don't think priority u.s.a. for example -- restore future exclusively dedicated. we're focused on all of the senate races or where you're going do see a lot more of the advertising early your on in the senate races, the bigger the office, the more people pay attention. the we'll be engaged in a number...
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you can see him in the 2010 election. christine o'donnell is in delaware who taught about dabbling in witchcraft. he did not like that and he came down on her. likewise go with todd akin cud the tea party candidate in missouri who talked about legitimate. rove did not like that. if you look at the finances they are coming you can see subbase power. it can do is $28 billion. subbase american crossroads put $15 million of that senate case. he pulled it out and now very strongly he's hanging in there. but in return, rove, and assert a surprise last last week he said if a given set ordered, dilkon looking for me. >> why did michael steele got fired? >> well -- the question was why was michael steele pushed out of the republican party? the answer is he couldn't raise any money at all. in terms of style, he was trying to make it sort of a hip-hop party and that didn't work with country club republicans were the tea party for that matter. it was really a funny question. was he trying to go up against obama? he would not bring af
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any elected official u.s. cotillion that the new that is what because it allows them to stand strong and to be sure that they're representing the interests of the people that were present. social direction good connection to officials of could. [applause] >> my name is catherine mcgovern. in 1969 and graduated from georgetown university law center i feel a certain akin to you. however, most people in this room will not remember that in 1969 but didn't have any right to have contraception. that was the beginning of the women's rights movement. and was one of the ones who worked for a very hard. i am so happy to see that you are continuing the tradition of georgetown university law center. thank you. [applause] >> thank you for saying so, and thank you for all the work you did at that time because i have that many of the young women in this room along with me recognize how lucky we are for the ways in which our foremothers place these paths for us. i would like to -- i would like to make a request of the women o
any elected official u.s. cotillion that the new that is what because it allows them to stand strong and to be sure that they're representing the interests of the people that were present. social direction good connection to officials of could. [applause] >> my name is catherine mcgovern. in 1969 and graduated from georgetown university law center i feel a certain akin to you. however, most people in this room will not remember that in 1969 but didn't have any right to have contraception....
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to election. people say they will vote more democrat or republican. it varies in a particular poll that dick morris was referring to. we had 2% more in ohio democratic but at the same time we asked 1% more republican and 1% more in florida. he picked that one to take a pot shots at. more recent poll had more republicans than in 2008. the long and short is there is no standard party id. comparison to 2008 is itself a comparison to the exit polls and party id does vary from election to election. if you use 2004 you would be surprised to find more democratic, we are finding it a little less democratic than in 2008. we had a group over the weekend last weekend -- and a lot of questions about jobs and the economy and values in society and one person asked about this party id controversy that exists and this is sort of a very -- not quite in the beltway but more predominant. >> it is an argument that both sides make depending upon who doesn't like the result of the polls. we did see democrats make a sim
to election. people say they will vote more democrat or republican. it varies in a particular poll that dick morris was referring to. we had 2% more in ohio democratic but at the same time we asked 1% more republican and 1% more in florida. he picked that one to take a pot shots at. more recent poll had more republicans than in 2008. the long and short is there is no standard party id. comparison to 2008 is itself a comparison to the exit polls and party id does vary from election to election....
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although it was really his first election. we continue to get materials from senator mitchell's office. he now has a law firm in new york city and is still getting awards and generating material through his career. so these things come to us over time. in 1990, having just been elected to the senate majority leader mitchell was involved in 1990 in the clean air act in this was a letter from george h. w. bush thanking him for his collaboration and succeeding in getting that legislation passed. the 1990 amendment was important for us today. we pay $4 a gallon for gas. it was the amendment that discussed the composition of gas and the introduction of chemicals during certain seasons of the year in order to make cleaner air. and then a sample of mitchell's writing style. there are their researchers to come because they are interested in particular topics but there are also people who come because they are interested in particular techniques or purchase. some people are interested in mitchell's papers because of his negotiating ski
although it was really his first election. we continue to get materials from senator mitchell's office. he now has a law firm in new york city and is still getting awards and generating material through his career. so these things come to us over time. in 1990, having just been elected to the senate majority leader mitchell was involved in 1990 in the clean air act in this was a letter from george h. w. bush thanking him for his collaboration and succeeding in getting that legislation passed....
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so i got elected last november. there were four of us running in the election. it was a nonpartisan race on the local level so the top two vote getters went against each other in november. i won with 53% of the vote and i became mayor in january at the age of 22. and then i turned 23 and i will be 24 and january so i'm quickly getting up there. [laughter] it is a very stressful job at all so very very rewarding. there is nothing more special than being a mayor and a town or city that you're born and where your family still lives in your friends are there in the schools that you want who are still there and your teachers or if still teaching in the public schools. given my age are current our current school superintendent for example is my principal of the high school so it's been a really reporting experience and we are focused on four different issues in particular and that is education. we have a 53% graduation rate over four years so a lot of large urban centers around the country we do have challenges around education and our graduation rate. economic develo
so i got elected last november. there were four of us running in the election. it was a nonpartisan race on the local level so the top two vote getters went against each other in november. i won with 53% of the vote and i became mayor in january at the age of 22. and then i turned 23 and i will be 24 and january so i'm quickly getting up there. [laughter] it is a very stressful job at all so very very rewarding. there is nothing more special than being a mayor and a town or city that you're...
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any elected official will tell you that they pray that as well. it allows them to stand strong and to be sure that they're representing interests. [applause] >> my name is catherine mcgovern . 1969 and graduated from georgetown university law center . most people will not remember that in 1969 we did not have any right to have contraception. that was the beginning of the women's rights movement. i was one of the once you work for it very hard. i am so happy to see that you are continuing the tradition of georgetown university law center. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much for saying so. thank you for all the work you did. i hope that many of the young women in this form along with me recognize how lucky we are for the ways in which our mother's race to these. but i would like to -- have back i would like to make their request of the women of your generation and the men as well to talk to us, speak to the young people as you know about what the circumstances were before contraception was required to be legalized constitutionally and what
any elected official will tell you that they pray that as well. it allows them to stand strong and to be sure that they're representing interests. [applause] >> my name is catherine mcgovern . 1969 and graduated from georgetown university law center . most people will not remember that in 1969 we did not have any right to have contraception. that was the beginning of the women's rights movement. i was one of the once you work for it very hard. i am so happy to see that you are continuing...
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of course, i will vote for him in the election again. if i did not, of my mom, the lifelong democrat i remember her weeping the day franklin roosevelt died. she just passed away at the age of hundred and 20 couple years ago completing hillary clinton was not liberal enough. [laughter] and five voted republican my mom would come back from the grave and scold me like pineapple. i'm disappointed the president has not taken stronger steps to rid us of the media of testing. ever since no trial left behind was enacted into law is a national psychosis. not just bad pedagogy but something psychotic. my father was a psychiatrist and used to take me to the back toward the of the mental hospital in massachusetts. some of the people in the most severe depression, the only way to ease discomfort was it to number everything. restlessly a moving objects around to get them in the right pattern dead number them. i don't know. i think some of the bureaucrats who gave us this law maybe they would enjoy this day in a recovery house to get over the numerical
of course, i will vote for him in the election again. if i did not, of my mom, the lifelong democrat i remember her weeping the day franklin roosevelt died. she just passed away at the age of hundred and 20 couple years ago completing hillary clinton was not liberal enough. [laughter] and five voted republican my mom would come back from the grave and scold me like pineapple. i'm disappointed the president has not taken stronger steps to rid us of the media of testing. ever since no trial left...
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clearly does not want those layoff notices delivered just days before the election. >> president obama downplaying expectations for wedneay's debate. saying he is an okay debater, according to a new washington post abc news poll, 55 percent of likely voters think that president will win this first debate, and 41% think that romney will win. joining me now, ed klein, author of "new york times" best seller "the amateur." great to see you, this is cute, the downplay, one of these, i can't think of another moment of modesty on the part of this president other than this example of trying to manage expectations. >> the golden-floated orator is bumbling,. lou: the idea he is such a heavy favorite to win the debate, that has to work in governor romney's favor. >> almost 6 out of 10 americans think that obama will take this debate, romney goes in as under dog with low expectations, if he does well, he will exceed those expectations. i think he has a good chance of winning this debate. lou: what about, you made it clear, you are not overly impressed with the mr. obama's capabilities, he is no bi
clearly does not want those layoff notices delivered just days before the election. >> president obama downplaying expectations for wedneay's debate. saying he is an okay debater, according to a new washington post abc news poll, 55 percent of likely voters think that president will win this first debate, and 41% think that romney will win. joining me now, ed klein, author of "new york times" best seller "the amateur." great to see you, this is cute, the downplay, one...
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i think we'll get past the election. [laughter] and we, even if we don't get anything done in the lame duck, that we're able to only temporarily kick the can down the road, and only temporary extend policies that we don't want to take effect, and at the same time, early next year, put in place greater budget discipline for the future of the commitment to something, at least the frame work of a deficit reduction package that has a hope of getting bipartisan support. >> it's easy; right? avoid recession, thing one. find a way to increase the debt limit to avoid painful posturing that went on the last time around, and at the end of this, it would be nice to come out, as you talked earlier, with a conception of what our tax code actually is. there may need to still be things that explicitly temporary, but a sharp line distinguishing those that are temporary from that that is permanent law, would be helpful if the policymaking process. >> bob? >> well, i think the best outcome would be a two-stage process. one set of legislat
i think we'll get past the election. [laughter] and we, even if we don't get anything done in the lame duck, that we're able to only temporarily kick the can down the road, and only temporary extend policies that we don't want to take effect, and at the same time, early next year, put in place greater budget discipline for the future of the commitment to something, at least the frame work of a deficit reduction package that has a hope of getting bipartisan support. >> it's easy; right?...
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[applause] and it's a shame it's not part of the dialogue going on in the election. we're going to pay a price for this, and just, you know, the note on your blackberry that we talked about this september 23rd, and when the bridges start burning in or -- in four or five months, i was saying this to somebody. if you remember 9/11, in august of 2001, six weeks before 9/11, there was a top secret intelligence briefing given to president george w. bush. and the headline of that top secret briefing was, and we ran it in "the washington post" after it became a big issue, was bin laden determined to strike in u.s. now, think about that. you're the president of the united states, you get a top secret report saying bin laden determined to strike in the u.s. you should do something. well, we know not enough was done can. we know that the government across the board failed to do what was necessary on potential terrorism, and we had 9/11. i tell you the theme song, the big music in this book i've written that i've tried to present is u.s. economy about to falter. and it's a warn
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that is, you have a twice-elected, popularly-elected president of the united states, and so those you mentioned in the republican party who dislike him and what he stands for having been unable to beat him at the polls have found another way to get him out of office? cbs news has exclusive information including documents that now sheds new light on the president's service record. "60 minutes" has obtained government documents that indicate mr. bush may have received preferential treatment in the guard after not fulfilling his commitments. ♪ ♪ >> tonight we have new documents and new information on the president's military service and the first-ever interview with the man who says he pulled the strings to get young george w. bush into the texas air national guard. >> you sorry about that now? >> no. >> think the report was correct? >> yes. and i think most people know by now that it was correct. ♪ ♪ >> i want to ask you flat out, do you think president clinton's an honest man? >> yes, i think he's an honest man. >> do you really? even though he lied to jim lehrer's face -- >> w
that is, you have a twice-elected, popularly-elected president of the united states, and so those you mentioned in the republican party who dislike him and what he stands for having been unable to beat him at the polls have found another way to get him out of office? cbs news has exclusive information including documents that now sheds new light on the president's service record. "60 minutes" has obtained government documents that indicate mr. bush may have received preferential...
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[applause] and it's a shame it's not part of the dialogue going on in the election. we're going to pay a price for this, and just, you know, the note on your blackberry that we talked about this september 23rd, and when the bridges start burning in or -- in four or five months, i was saying this to somebody. if you remember 9/11, in august of 2001, six weeks before 9/11, there was a top secret intelligence briefing given to president george w. bush. and the headline of that top secret briefing was, and we ran it in "the washington post" after it became a big issue, was bin laden determined to strike in u.s. now, think about that. you're the president of the united states, you get a top secret report saying bin laden determined to strike in the u.s. you should do something. well, we know not enough was done can. we know that the government across the board failed to do what was necessary on potential terrorism, and we had 9/11. i tell you the theme song, the big music in this book i've written that i've tried to present is u.s. economy about to falter. and it's a warn
[applause] and it's a shame it's not part of the dialogue going on in the election. we're going to pay a price for this, and just, you know, the note on your blackberry that we talked about this september 23rd, and when the bridges start burning in or -- in four or five months, i was saying this to somebody. if you remember 9/11, in august of 2001, six weeks before 9/11, there was a top secret intelligence briefing given to president george w. bush. and the headline of that top secret briefing...
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you heard that these are fully elected vehicles. the need to bring this into a holistic approach. what we have been doing under our solutions for the i brand, we have m brand, which is the most powerful actor in the alphabet. those products are well known. but the i brand is just coming. those vehicles are well into development now. the i 3 and i8 will be launched next year. they are carbon fiber and that will be made, not in this state, but just up the way in washington state. using fully environmentally sustainable energy. carbon fiber prevention will be shipped to our factories in europe or will be make carbon fiber cars. it is about 50% like you're than steel, 20% lighter than allen minium. you need the batteries ms. -- which makes the efficiency much more credible and also a strong business case. this part of the united states will play a strong part in the development of these vehicles. as well as we also started a venture firm. the venture fund operates out of new york. it started 15 months ago, we made our first investment in a company called my city way, which is working
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what about the city's rights to elect their own elected officials? and help do they own? when you say government interference, i understand you were talking about the federal government, but i heard mitt romney say that states' rights, is it the rights of the state's coming into the cities to overthrow the local municipalities? if that's a big government, small government, i don't know, is it controlled government? i think they have a right to control their own destiny in their own city. so the public is on the ballot in november, and i am turning everybody in michigan to vote down. we don't need dictatorship. it is a dictated view. >> host: thanks so much on the mall of the government in relation to the city and its relationship with federal government. and detroit. swb writes the government should do its job and maintain the general welfare. from debate news the numbers are in on how many people watched on television. more than 600 million watched the debate in this election cycle nearly 15 million were going to watch the first presidential debate four years ago. about
what about the city's rights to elect their own elected officials? and help do they own? when you say government interference, i understand you were talking about the federal government, but i heard mitt romney say that states' rights, is it the rights of the state's coming into the cities to overthrow the local municipalities? if that's a big government, small government, i don't know, is it controlled government? i think they have a right to control their own destiny in their own city. so the...
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who he sees as a potential rival in the coming election. >> host: uh-huh. >> guest: and nixon, so the declassification of these documents nixon wants rehnquist to handle so he can leak the documents out. when it turns out rehnquist isn't going fast enough, nixon and his other folks that later are discredited in watergate, they actually just decide they're going to make up some documents and leak them anyway. that's a whole other thing. so what happens is rehnquist is busy over there doing that, and meanwhile mitchell and nixon are trying to find two people to announce because nixon wants to move fast on this. >> host: right. this is all in the fall of 1971. >> guest: because he wants to do it fast before the '72 elections, and he also foes that time -- knows that time is his enemy. getting the jump on someone fast after these vacancies comes out is really what he needs to do. and someone has the brilliant idea, actually, fred moore in the white house. but he tells -- he sells the idea -- >> host: is it dick moore or fred moore? >> guest: i'm sorry, dick moore. you're correct. there wa
who he sees as a potential rival in the coming election. >> host: uh-huh. >> guest: and nixon, so the declassification of these documents nixon wants rehnquist to handle so he can leak the documents out. when it turns out rehnquist isn't going fast enough, nixon and his other folks that later are discredited in watergate, they actually just decide they're going to make up some documents and leak them anyway. that's a whole other thing. so what happens is rehnquist is busy over there...
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let us win this election. [applause] ♪ ♪ ["only in america," brooks and dunn] ♪ ♪ >> more presidential campaign coverage carmen when the running mates meet for the one and only vice-presidential debate. coverage begins at 7:00 eastern with the debate at 9:00, fallen by reaction from viewers with phone calls and tweets. "washington journal" is next, and then a bipartisan study about iran's nuclear program. and the house oversht
let us win this election. [applause] ♪ ♪ ["only in america," brooks and dunn] ♪ ♪ >> more presidential campaign coverage carmen when the running mates meet for the one and only vice-presidential debate. coverage begins at 7:00 eastern with the debate at 9:00, fallen by reaction from viewers with phone calls and tweets. "washington journal" is next, and then a bipartisan study about iran's nuclear program. and the house oversht
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i respect the president and i will of course vote for him in the election with a lifelong democrat i still remember her weeping denied roosevelt died. my mother just passed away from planning that hillary wasn't liberal enough. if i had voted for republican coming back from the grave and scold me like pineapple was. but i am disappointed that the president hasn't taken stronger steps to rid us of this mania of testing which ever since no child left behind has come into law is the kind of national psychosis, but there's something psychotic about it. it can't be numbered. it doesn't count. my father's psychiatrist use to take me to the back boards of mental hospitals in massachusetts and so many people on the most severe depression the only way they could ease their discomfort is by numbering everything. they would restlessly move object surrounded the table to get them in the pattern, and as i mentioned, some of the bureaucrats in washington maybe they would enjoy este in the recovery house to get over this numerical what action. this hoping of judging children and their teachers prim
i respect the president and i will of course vote for him in the election with a lifelong democrat i still remember her weeping denied roosevelt died. my mother just passed away from planning that hillary wasn't liberal enough. if i had voted for republican coming back from the grave and scold me like pineapple was. but i am disappointed that the president hasn't taken stronger steps to rid us of this mania of testing which ever since no child left behind has come into law is the kind of...
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thought it was worth going back to because i think a lot of people that he was finished with the 08 election and here i thought you needed a second life. thank you. >> thank you. >> panelists include author melanie kirkpatrick and joseph kim, one of the people profiled in her book escape from north korea discuss the experiences of country. this event is about an hour for 10 minutes. hud >> after an welcome to theso hudson institute's book form to celebrate the publication of escape from the korea, the untold story of an underground railroad by senior i'm ken, president andceo of fellow like to welcome the audience watching at home and especially thank the friends at c-span for covering the event today. there were a couple of guests whom i would like to ak nog. -- acknowledge the counsel general of south korea and new york ambassador. i would like to -- [applause] i would like to acknowledge the presence of the japanese deputy counsel general in new york. [applause] in addition, i would like note the presence of several hudson institute trustees or vice chair, and the trustee jack david, as a
thought it was worth going back to because i think a lot of people that he was finished with the 08 election and here i thought you needed a second life. thank you. >> thank you. >> panelists include author melanie kirkpatrick and joseph kim, one of the people profiled in her book escape from north korea discuss the experiences of country. this event is about an hour for 10 minutes. hud >> after an welcome to theso hudson institute's book form to celebrate the publication of...
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here comes the biggest election of this century. suddenly we have an incredible improvement in unemployment, something that takes the calendar back four years. you worked in the bls. you know how this works. can these numbers be manipulated? >> no, they really can't. it would be extremely hard to manipulate the numbers. absolutely impossible to manipulate and get away with. bls is comprised of career people who are dedicated to their work. nothing but career people there. a real strong sense of objectivity in what they do. would just be impossible to work these numbers. interpreting the numbers is a different issue. the unemployment rate really did go down, and it really was from the household survey. i can tell you, when i look at these reports the first in a look at is not the unemployment rate. it's the number of payroll jobs created. in line the last 67 months, and that survey is of very large survey. is surveying not only 400,000 businesses, its really looking at the employment records of 40 million people. so this is very accu
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health care, no matter who is elected to. if obama is not reelected, health care might not be so great, but i disagree and think health care will begin in the wake. consumer discretionary stocks like a lot of retailers or like these restaurants was talking about. some very positive trends. i agree with that. gerri: one of the issues we have seen over and over again this year and one of the things i am really concerned about is small investors, regular investors like me hempel of the market. it untruss stocks, the stock market. what would you tell them tonight? >> i would tell them that the conditions are set for a tremendous bull market to go through quite a few years once we solve some of these problems. if we do get romney in their you're going to have tremendous -- the united states is sitting on a tremendous amount of energy, our own energy that is a huge stink. historically a lot of people don't know it, but the best year a decade to invest is typically the years that ended two. so -- gerri: there is a factor have never
health care, no matter who is elected to. if obama is not reelected, health care might not be so great, but i disagree and think health care will begin in the wake. consumer discretionary stocks like a lot of retailers or like these restaurants was talking about. some very positive trends. i agree with that. gerri: one of the issues we have seen over and over again this year and one of the things i am really concerned about is small investors, regular investors like me hempel of the market. it...
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it's not the way to win elections. i am positive that johnson doesn't spend time thing about how they can suppress voters. we certainly don't, it just isn't worth it frankly, but that solution, the solution of the id is absolutely the wrong one. >> i'd like to thank you all for coming here. i know you have a busy schedule. i'd like to redo a quote from eric schultz on this issue. he said in the aftermath of the citizens united decision in unprecedented amounts of campaign spending, often by groups that won't disclose their donors. so my question is, how important is anonymity? because it seems to me like if your argument is money is free speech, then we should hold people accountable for what they say. if the ceo of pepsi were to give $1 million to mitt romney tomorrow, i wouldn't buy pepsi for the rest of the year. so how are you going to hold it accountable? >> just one year? [laughter] >> he's not that committed. you've got to work on it. >> other pepsi products might be okay. just pepsi itself. >> not in new york c
it's not the way to win elections. i am positive that johnson doesn't spend time thing about how they can suppress voters. we certainly don't, it just isn't worth it frankly, but that solution, the solution of the id is absolutely the wrong one. >> i'd like to thank you all for coming here. i know you have a busy schedule. i'd like to redo a quote from eric schultz on this issue. he said in the aftermath of the citizens united decision in unprecedented amounts of campaign spending, often...
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it won't take one election. it's a change in institutions and when we talk about issues that will make an impact. >> i promised him a question, but we're running out of time. i don't know that we did short answers. i would like to think both mayors for being with us as well as mohammed and rachel. it has been an interesting discussion and we hope this provided insight for the audience as well. so thank you very much. [applause] >> almost 20 years ago with rock cats one of the most controversial stories in our 44 years on the air. it was called yes, but is it ours? i was accused of being a philistine, someone like in the aesthetic sensibility to appreciate the challenging nature of some contemporary art. in those 20 years, words that i questioned worth hundreds of thousands of dollars are now worth hundreds of millions. >> so what made everybody so mad 20 years ago? >> i discovered something that i could absolutely barely believe. when you question someone's taste in our, it is more personal, more probing than po
it won't take one election. it's a change in institutions and when we talk about issues that will make an impact. >> i promised him a question, but we're running out of time. i don't know that we did short answers. i would like to think both mayors for being with us as well as mohammed and rachel. it has been an interesting discussion and we hope this provided insight for the audience as well. so thank you very much. [applause] >> almost 20 years ago with rock cats one of the most...
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they looked at the election and they saw how many it took to win the seats in the previous election. they ran their votes and got their votes and took over the state board of education and because of the number of textbooks with the loan of california, they can drive education for the rest of the nation. so that is why they saw the uproar this year and they literally change the textbooks in texas to take out a lot of stuff dealing with slavery and dealing with other issues like i got what is going on? because they understood how you take the public policy and how you can affect the mind of the next generation and put them together and they caught the progress of liberals and democrats totally off guard. but that actually was the beginning of the republican takeover in texas, the actual state board of education. so i think a lot of people think -- >> no, you get low hanging fruit and you can have an impact on the race to the people and the last point if you study the most local school board races virtually nobody votes in those races. there are people literally in the major cities who
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may not go back to work before election. and some are wondering why so running again. >> jackson has been on medical leave for nearly four months. >> he could win re-election without campaigning and without being seen. congressman jesse jackson jr. who has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder hasn't been to his congressional office in washington since june and hasn't campaigned in his chicago district at all. according to jackson's wife sandy, the congressman wants to appear in public but is still recovering. >> i know that he is anxious to do so. but he is also under doctor's orders to stay very calm, very quiet and he's going to do that. >> jackson, an 18 year veteran of congress disappeared in june at first without explanation. he was being treated in arizona, then at the mayo clinic, but his office gave several different reasons for his absence before revealing the bipolar diagnosis. >> this has been a very mysterious episode from the word go. first it was fatigue, then it was depression, then it was bipolar disorder the
may not go back to work before election. and some are wondering why so running again. >> jackson has been on medical leave for nearly four months. >> he could win re-election without campaigning and without being seen. congressman jesse jackson jr. who has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder hasn't been to his congressional office in washington since june and hasn't campaigned in his chicago district at all. according to jackson's wife sandy, the congressman wants to appear in...
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. >>> couple minutes after the hour we are exactly 4 weeks away from the presidential election mitt romney delivering a major foreign policy address yesterday making the case against four more years of the saforeign policy. >> doug kelly is live with more. >> good morning. focus turned to foreign policy with governor romney delivering a major address at the virginia military institute offering his severest critique yet of the president leading from behind. >> hope is not a strategy. we can't support our friends in the milled east when our words are not backed up by these but spending is cut we have no trade agenda to speak of and it is not one of partnership but of pass civet. >>> speaking in san francisco yesterday president obama touted his decision to pull u.s. troops out of iraq and to pull them out of afghanistan by 2014. >>> governor romney has a different view. he sain a speech today he doubl down on that belief. said ending the war was a mistake. i disagree. bringing our troops home was the right thing to do. every brave american who wears the uniform of this country should know as
. >>> couple minutes after the hour we are exactly 4 weeks away from the presidential election mitt romney delivering a major foreign policy address yesterday making the case against four more years of the saforeign policy. >> doug kelly is live with more. >> good morning. focus turned to foreign policy with governor romney delivering a major address at the virginia military institute offering his severest critique yet of the president leading from behind. >> hope is...
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this is a subset of t outside money we are seeing coming into the elections. and we are seeing much more of this time around, these are the 501(c), especially 501(c)(4) groups that are increasing active in politics an increasingly active on the airwaves. first a word about, the center for responsive politics. what we do it in a summit with us is we slice and dice campaign finance and lobbying information in ways that hopefully make it more accessible and usable and easier to interpret for both journalists and the public. we've been trying to get at this dark money, shadow money this year, and you know, the danger for journalists and for us, for the public is, you know, it's very, very difficult to get at it, take it its donors and exactly what's going on. but if we don't we're only getting part of the story. and probably not that big a part. why don't you go to the first slide? so what these groups are supposed to disclose, like other groups, is the amount of money they spend on independent expenditures, which of those ads that say vote for, vote against some
this is a subset of t outside money we are seeing coming into the elections. and we are seeing much more of this time around, these are the 501(c), especially 501(c)(4) groups that are increasing active in politics an increasingly active on the airwaves. first a word about, the center for responsive politics. what we do it in a summit with us is we slice and dice campaign finance and lobbying information in ways that hopefully make it more accessible and usable and easier to interpret for both...
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>> here i'm talking about the election. here i think the question really is i don't know how the election is going come out. i make no prediction. i ask myself if romney gets smashed, if he gets smashed, it would -- i happen to think the political problem in the country we have a center left party and we have a far right party. that is a structure problem. the republican party has gone nuts in my view. >> analytical judgment. [laughter] >> they've been simultaneously they have been at war with mas and physics at the same time. [laughter] on the deficit, it was, you know, deficit doesn't matter. and yeah and biology too a guy in missouri too. so the question to me is what happens the morning after the morning after the election if romney loses? the morning after they'll say it wasn't because he wasn't far night enough. i wonder the morning after the morning after. a lot of people say we have gone too far to the right. we need a different republican party. we need a center right republican party. i think the country needs. be
>> here i'm talking about the election. here i think the question really is i don't know how the election is going come out. i make no prediction. i ask myself if romney gets smashed, if he gets smashed, it would -- i happen to think the political problem in the country we have a center left party and we have a far right party. that is a structure problem. the republican party has gone nuts in my view. >> analytical judgment. [laughter] >> they've been simultaneously they have...
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so this is the choice we face in this election. this is what the election comes down to. and you are going to hear over the next two months, i know you must be tired of hearing these ads -- but you are going to hear more over the next six weeks or it and over and over again, you're going to hear my opponent talk about bigger tax cuts, fewer regulations, that's the way to go, and since government can't do everything, it should do almost nothing. if you can't afford health care, then hope you don't get that. if you can afford college, borrow money from your parents you know what? that's not who we are. i don't think the government can solve all of our problems. but the government is not the source of our problems either. there are some things we have to do together. instead of going around and blaming somebody, unions or immigrants, gays or somebody for what is going on, this is what we need to pull together. we are in this together. we believe that america only works when we accept responsibility for ourselves and for each other. that is how we create more opportunity, mor
so this is the choice we face in this election. this is what the election comes down to. and you are going to hear over the next two months, i know you must be tired of hearing these ads -- but you are going to hear more over the next six weeks or it and over and over again, you're going to hear my opponent talk about bigger tax cuts, fewer regulations, that's the way to go, and since government can't do everything, it should do almost nothing. if you can't afford health care, then hope you...
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to election. >>host: abby kiesa look at the numbers the percentage that consider themselves to be highly engaged broken-down bite eight -- by age, 75% and is down 14. what the you attribute the drop? >> there are some things. there may be some disappointment and the president. this summer poll indicated 40% described the feelings about the president as disappointed. but it could be people in gauged newly for the first time. >>host: if you are a boater between the ages of 18 and 29 joined the conversation. we are talking with abby kiesa at the center for information and research known as circle at tufts university 81 we looking solely at young people social political engagement and we do research to help strengthen engagement efforts to involve young people. >>host: how does social media come into play campaign 2012? as a barometer and to change opinion? >> both campaigns and engage in social media there is a great number of organizations trying to and engage people. with respect to elections a lot
to election. >>host: abby kiesa look at the numbers the percentage that consider themselves to be highly engaged broken-down bite eight -- by age, 75% and is down 14. what the you attribute the drop? >> there are some things. there may be some disappointment and the president. this summer poll indicated 40% described the feelings about the president as disappointed. but it could be people in gauged newly for the first time. >>host: if you are a boater between the ages of 18...
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and which non-citizen residents should be allowed to vote in those elections? >> the harsh reality is that so many non-citizens still have children in our public schools here in san francisco, throughout the state of california and throughout the united states. as all of you undoubtedly know. with that being said, it's vitally important that those parents still have a say in the education of their children. i would certainly support and promote voting by those parents in school board elections in san francisco. by implication own a community college election would fit in that rubric, to support college advancement to people who have traditionally been put at the margins of our society. in those two elections, i think, are the most fundamental in the sense that they go to the root of advancement in this country and the obtaining of the american dream. so the school board and community college board i would certainly support that. >> thank you, miss olague. >> i don't think there is much to add to that. i know a couple of years ago there was a ballot measure that
and which non-citizen residents should be allowed to vote in those elections? >> the harsh reality is that so many non-citizens still have children in our public schools here in san francisco, throughout the state of california and throughout the united states. as all of you undoubtedly know. with that being said, it's vitally important that those parents still have a say in the education of their children. i would certainly support and promote voting by those parents in school board...